Tag: USA
Hillary Clinton Joins Human Rights Campaign’s Americans for Marriage Equality Series
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today joined the Human Rights Campaign’s (HRC) Americans for Marriage Equality series, a public engagement campaign featuring prominent Americans who support committed gay and lesbian couples getting married.
Dad’s Love Letter to Gay Teenage Son Goes Viral
A letter written from a dad to his gay son Nate is going viral on the Internet because of its simple, hopeful message of love.
First ever Irish gay activist invited to White House for St Patrick’s Day celebrations
Michael Barron, the director of BeLonG To, Ireland’s national service and advocacy organization for LGBT young people, has been invited to the White House for a series of meeting with senior administration officials marking St. Patrick’s Day.
Oscar winner urges NatGeo Channel to denounce Boy Scouts’ ban; over 120k speak out
GLAAD, U.S lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy and anti-defamation organization, today renewed its call for National Geographic Channel to denounce the Boy Scouts of America’s (BSA) ban on gay scouts and leaders and call for a national policy of non-discrimination.
Colorado family seeks equal treatment for transgender daughter
GLAAD has been working closely with the family of 6-year-old Coy Mathis and the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund (TLDEF) in asking Eagleside Elementary School in Fountain, CO to allow Coy to once again use the girls’ restroom at her school.
President Obama formally asks Supreme Court to allow gay marriage
The Barack Obama administration took another step toward institutionalizing gay marriage, formally asking the US Supreme Court to strike down a 1996 law defining marriage exclusively as a union between a man and a woman.